New goalie

RB Dodds
LB Ferguson
CB Waterfall/Parkes

Aygemang + 2 new midfielders

CF Mani D
LF Mancini
RF Grey

Obviously has we need a squad not a team but 2 genuinely quality
Midfielders and a good keeper and that team would be competitive as a first 11 in this league, so some decent players at this level are already in the building at least

Well Loyal guess what I agree 100%

We obviously need a team to compete but I think a bit more emphasis needs to be put on the depth of quality in the squad, especially with the current card waving and injuries that seem to be getting more the norm nowadays. This season we started off really great but as soon as injuries to key players kicked in the effect was massive.

We obviously need a team to compete but I think a bit more emphasis needs to be put on the depth of quality in the squad, especially with the current card waving and injuries that seem to be getting more the norm nowadays. This season we started off really great but as soon as injuries to key players kicked in the effect was massive.

yes, the days have gone where i side only uses 15 players and subs to win anything nowadays. its not just losing a player as this loss can affect others in the side like seaman who never had a decent game again after dodds got crocked and was very close to mancini being our best player early on.

Thing is with this level - no decent player wants to be a squad rotatation player. Warming the bench isnt any good for any one looking for game time. But that being said we need competition for places and lads on the bench need to be really pushing the starting 11 for a place. This has not happened at Pools for as long as i can remember. No wonder many manager at this level get sacked so often. Just finding a good starting 11 is hard enough.

But with that being said i agree we only need another few really good players and we will have one of the better sides in this division next season ! Given both Mancini and Dodds come back fit and play alot of the games !

We need to look at the performers this season from teams who may either get relegated or are below us now and offer them something. Fylde has a number of very good lads who could walk into our team, as do Kiddy if im honest. Borehamwood also.

for once we will not be going into the close season with a defence headache - only this time it will be midfield. The Midfield area thankfully i think is an easier are to recruit for, compared to say looking for that 20+ goal a season striker or CB whos stats suggest they excellent etc...

Id like to see us maybe get an actual out and out strike partner for Mani D and also some wingers or 1 winger like Mols who can produce something week in week out and also chip in with goals !

Much scatterage needed I think. Assuming there is a budget to bring in better. Over to you Raj.... you wanted to keep the club so it will be time to show us why.

Ya always get the Raj don't pick the team after the per normal failure.

Time to actually back a Manager that way he can get the Audilation he got after DCs Magicianmanship.
Time to man up n earn some Redemption.
And Then learn from last time.

Or like has been said what was the point of a ghost sale of the club.

Like a said previously August gives us a better indicator despite the shite we all talk on here.

on paper the defence now looks adequate and we have goals in the side with the right tactics and service. KP just needs to sort out the mid field first once he is able to do it.

I’d probably release Ferguson as well tbh. Agreed other than that.

It’s bleak out there. That was a rout…..it’s embarrassing.

We need to sign Duffus permanently I think.

Fergy only probably

No one, we be out of business at this rate

Get rid of Ferguson. We don’t want Agyemang.

I agree its time we let Ferguson either leave - or find his replacement and have him sharpen his tools to get back into the side ! Burton is some seasons away yet but i guarantee this kid will be featuring in the FL in years to come, hopefully still as a Pools player in that division !

Agyemang is a complete waste of time for this level - he not ready for mens football nor at all ready for this level of it.

Gateshead had exactly the type of players we need for next season - Bring back Kenton aswell as hes playing very well and i was impressed with him too. But their entire midfield is an absolute statement of what a really good side in this division looks like. Hell its changed so much at the top of the tree at this level now it should be called Division 3 of the Football League ! unfair to so many big teams and good players that its still classed as non league conference rubbish.

But we must look at the type of players that carved us open the other night ! we need loanees whom gave their all like theirs did. Ones who can score too - not sure how Duffus still operates at this level. Seen better on the rec and indeed at FC on a friday night.

shows basically how far away we are and what is needed. KP probably realising now he has much much more on his hands with terms of a rebuild than he did when he first got the job !

Agyemang is a neat player, a tidy player, but it’s not his kind of football..like driving over a ploughed field in a Ferrari…you need a tractor.

[quote="Eiphos_3"]. Hell its changed so much at the top of the tree at this level now it should be called Division 3 of the Football League ! unfair to so many big teams and good players that its still classed as non league conference rubbish.


wish that was going to happen as fans like us of recent ex league clubs might feel a bit happier with their current situation.

Its crazy that it hasnt already - the Championship is realms above the leagues below it anyways - then the same thing can be said for the premier league. Honestly dont know why the FA cannot introduce it as the League 3 ? Change the NLN and NLS to the prem and re divvy up the rest below. The standards are too high now and the way NL clubs are these days its alot different from the old conference. For a start the majority of the teams are full time pro and ex league anyways. Im sure they would love to introduce another micky mouse cup given there would be 3 leagues and hell we could have our own FA cup that didnt touch the prem and Championship too but went down as low as the FA cup does.
Or a champions league if you like of the Football league just every team that finishes in the top 6 goes into a champs league style pot etc...

I think I would prefer league two to be split north and south rather than a league three. All the National league southern clubs talk about is the horrible journeys up north that they have to make. Travelling the full length and breadth of the country must be a bind on the resources of the small clubs, not to mention the expense the fans go through. Likes of Pools, Darlo, Spenny, York, Scarborough and S Shields would create more atmosphere with more away fans present. Over 2600 at Gateshead the other night, when they usually get less than half that.
A lot won't like the idea but it's worth considering.

The football pyramid got changed for the better a few years back. It rewards ambitions.

Hopefully we not in a north region division next year with a trip to King's Lynn Gloucester Hereford.etc.

What annoys me is the link between the National League and Division 2 which is a bottleneck..as all those above and below are 4 teams up and down and makes this division so bloody hard to get out of.

a lot depends on where you end up in each division. last season i was yearning for the old days of the old pals act being in force and now if we had done better i,d be moaning about the number of teams being promoted.

Think this will be the biggest test Raj has faced so far.
Regular Season ticket holders are now totally clued up, So no hiding place for him or the staff.

Definitely no hiding places left infact ZERO Hope he has got plenty of ambition left because he needs to have thats for sure.

Season tickets sales down will be the excuse for less spending, as spiral downwards continues

Season tickets will only go down if supporters see no progress being made Loyal. If Raj is serious about putting thing right and putting together a promotion push he needs to start with a couple of major signings ASAP after the season ends ( yes I understand players might be contacted elsewhere until end June). He needs to bang that drum very loud and very clear and very early this time around otherwise May sales will go very very slow.

Pivotal moment in Pools history in the next couple of months imo.
Parachute payments end after next season.
Dross on two year deals have their contracts expire in the next few weeks...Lacey Umerah Cooke Ndjoli Hastie Paterson opening up a bit of money.
Action needed to somehow ship out others that are useless duds and half way through two year deals e.g Mani O Wallace.
And Mani D...might we get really daft money offered and should we take it or not?
Getting back up to the EFL our natural home was never going to be easy.
But we have in KP a manager who appears to know what the f/k he is doing.
As a really big name in the game he is likely to have boat loads of contacts willing to do him a favour or two.
And someone like him with his name and gift of the gab might help sway a few who might otherwise be reticent on signing.
The stars are aligned in our favour next time around.
If we are going to do it.. and really want to give it a go ..now is the time.
Otherwise I fear an uphill struggle for quite a few years to come as others in our position have found out.
It's now or never....tomorrow will be too late....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtipfCdkdVE

Brilliant spot on post

Alright. Been a while since I posted back in the day as Boyd’s something or other that I can’t remember. Loiter when forum made public.
Will be an interesting summer. Raj doesn’t seem to be going anywhere but can’t see him spending owt much. Can’t see season tickets flying off the shelf.
I do agree it’s a big season as it’s a bit of a fresh start but financially it seems dicey unless I’m missing something.
Phillips has a bit of charisma so could help.

Agree, my philosophy is….
1. If they’re not willing to bust a gut for the team….OUT
2. If they’r not up to it……OUT
3. If they’ve got the wrong attitude….OUT
4. If they’re a bit delicate on the injuries front, don’t sign em.

Yeh i think recruitment wise we will see a whole different approach from KP and regardless of the 40% less cash, who knows Raj might have been saving up and give us the deficit back ? KP might have his business done nice and early and we see a full squad with hours under their belt together before the first pre season game (which would be ideal for a change). Fear Mani D will become under the scout report and be a wanted man by teams above. Chris Con Clarke is another whom id expect to move out of this division next season. There has been alot of quality lads im sure KP has seen during his short time back in football, we should be making what ever funds we do have available to be signing the best out of this division. Stockport did it that way at first and likewise Wrexham (it wasnt always just big signings from the league above).

due to his age maniD will go nowhere but to another club in our league. really what use did we make of the parachute payments last time as they were finished by the time we got promoted.

keeper Wyll Stanway Chester City 6ft 4 contract up end of season England C international impressive number or clean sheets.
Striker Paul Blackett top scorer NLN South Shields 26 goals to play alongside Manni.

How old are they both ?
If we get an influx from ‘shields’ in next year I fear the worst

Stanway is only 22, only started playing as a goalie 3 years ago, meant to be very good.

Stanway 22 ,Blackett26.

I think Dixon is contracted for next season so will need to offload before we can bring in anyone decent I'd imagine - probably on a good wage considering where he came from?
I think Joe Grey will be playing closer to Mani D next season rather than out wide and I'd like to see some of the young ones getting a chance to show what they can do before the season ends. Although considering we create very little in the way of chances for our striker we'd probably not do them any favours by doing so.

it would be ideal though if any of those youngsters were midfielders who had real energy to get up and down the pitch, be positive and create something. however its a difficult position to play as they can become lost and you never see em in games.

Im Sure that Stanway has some back story behind him. Played Cricket and was either ST or CB then get moved into goal - the rest is history. Not sure if his brother plays too.

the kid from NLS aswell with 36 goals - came on with Mani D in the England C game. He looks good and has a good tally

I think would be the best way to go for sure.

Thats a lot of people on any given day Snowy

I’ll admit it….I’m ruthless, but if any of those four categories are tolerated by a manager, they shouldn’t be in the job, because you need a unified team with a common purpose to achieve anything in the game.
Anyone in the first three categories is a spanner in the works of any team that is being realistic and actually want success.
That apart, I’m happy.

I think the retained list will show alot of whats to expect... I think KP has the character to be brutal now. He did it at SS so let see what happens at pools.
If we make a statement signing which i can imagine KP wanting to do as his first official one then i think we should be in for a good summer.

The wages freed up alone by Hastie and Paterson should get us a decent few players for this level !

add a no.5 to that as we do not want any dressing room shit sterer at the club who wants to drag others down to their level. we have all met em in our everyday jobs.

Looking at yhe national league south top scorer is Cllie Pearce of Worthing on 38 goals plus 12 assists 28 years old an England C international and out of contract in June.So a similar age to Manni D.

Bet he goes to York, they took Worthing's manager

after listening to KP after yesterdays match and before i do think we,ll still have fergy with us next season like it or not. KP seems to love him.

Yes he's mentioned how good he's been quite a few times in interviews so I think its fair to say Fergy will be offered a new contract. I'd be pretty happy with a back 4 of Fergy, Parkes, Waterfall and Dodds/Stephenson for next season. Its the midfield that needs improving.